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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-07-09"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European Union fishing fleet affected by the economic crisis (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080709.43.3-529"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-07-09-Speech-3-5302
lpv:speaker	lp:Mairead McGUINNESS2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, the hour is late so I will be brief. I think it is important to let you know what the Federation of Irish Fishermen said in June when this package was first announced. They were sceptical and said that it was essential that any such proposal be backed up by significant funding. I think it has already been said that there is no additional funding, and what we are doing is rearranging the current pool of money that is available. I think we need to be honest about that, because this emergency package will take from other measures that may have been needed if oil prices had not caused the problems that they have for the fishing sector and, indeed, for other sectors. It is rather a shame that it took the industry to come out of the sea and go onto the streets for us to react in full. Having said that, there are parts of this package which, if they are implemented – and I think that is the key – should be very positive. I think it is important that fleets that had to get out, so to speak, prior to the announcement of this regulation will be assisted under these measures. But there are lots of other issues for the fishing industry. One that you mentioned, Commissioner, is the fact that prices for fish have gone down rather than up. I would be interested (but perhaps it is too late tonight) to hear how you think that might be addressed, because that is where we will really make progress in the fishing sector. Very often when people have a problem, whether they are farmers or fishermen, they say that Europe reacts too slowly. In this case we have not reacted very quickly, but at least there has been some speed in how we have reached the position we are in. However, as others have said, we have only got the paper. It is complex and it is a bit like the Lisbon Treaty, and I hope it will be accepted – certainly in Ireland, where the Lisbon Treaty was not."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; BUDG (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3,3 member; Delegation for relations with India (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3,3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2007-06-19--2009-07-13)3,3 unknown; Fine Gael Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3,3 member; PETI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3,3 member; AGRI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3,3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Mairead McGuinness (PPE-DE ). –"1

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